Posts Tagged ‘Regency’

A Mahogany Sheraton Style Single Chair - Country Sheraton Design Armchair - Chair of the Early Regency Period

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

A Mahogany Sheraton Style Single Chair - Country Sheraton Design Armchair  -  Chair of the Early Regency Period
A Sheraton design chair of considerable workmanship. Many such chairs are to be found painted in white and gilt or otherwise having painted decoration on birch or beech wood. In the main the painted versions are
more highly sought [...]

Chippendale Mahogany Armchair - Mid-18th Century Chair in Mahogany - George II Period Chair - A Victorian Button-Back Mahogany ‘Ladies’ Chair with Cabriole Legs

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Chippendale Mahogany Armchair - Mid-18th Century Chair in Mahogany - George II Period Chair - A Victorian Button-Back Mahogany ‘Ladies’ Chair with Cabriole Legs
UPHOLSTERED CHAIRS
Value points: Early examples with original upholstery even if in worn condition command a premium over the range quoted, often by an appreciable amount if the work is of fine quality. [...]

Country Chair of c. 1800 - Regency Chair - A Regency Period Library Chair - A Gillows Chair - Balloon-Back Victorian Chair in Walnut

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Country Chair of c. 1800 -  Regency Chair - A Regency Period Library Chair - A Gillows Chair - Balloon-Back Victorian Chair in Walnut
A very simplified country chair of c. 1800. The design owes something to Sheraton in the tapering front legs and squared style of the back. The two horizontal rails are very [...]

Dining Walnut and Mahogany Chairs, Regency, Victorian and George III Elbow Armchairs

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Antique Dining Walnut and Mahogany Chairs, Regency, Victorian and George III Elbow Armchairs
A SET OF SIX WALNUT DINING CHAIRS, mid 18th century
Each with a pierced vase split and drop-in seat, on cabriole legs terminating in trifid feet.
A SET OF EIGHT EBONISED AND DECORATED ELBOW CHAIR
Each silver-painted with floral sprays and interlaced ovals with lozenges, [...]

Antique Reading, Writing, Desk and Library Chairs

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

CHAIRS: READING, WRITING, DESK AND LIBRARY
About 1700-1900
Early-18thC ‘horseman’s’ or ”cockfighting’ chair.
Various gentlemen’s reading and writing chairs evolved during the 18thC for use in libraries and studies and, in the 19thC, in clubs.
‘Cockfighting’, ‘horseman’s’ and later, ‘conversation’ chairs, about 1700-1800: Fully upholstered pear-shaped seat, padded back with narrow base rising into flat curved section. cabriole legs, [...]

Antique English Regency Chairs

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

CHAIRS: REGENCY
About 1800-1840
(extending several years either side of the Regency itself, 1811-1820). Chairs made between about 1825 and 1840 are often referred to as ‘late Regency’ or ‘late classical’; those of the 1830s occasionally still ‘William
IV’).
Usually very elegant chairs, some based on previous Sheraton types, but many inspired by Ancient Greek klismos chairs, with their [...]

18th Century Antique English Upholstered Chairs

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

CHAIRS: UPHOLSTERED
About 1720-1840
Queen Anne side-chair, about 17.30.
Surviving upholstered chairs made for drawing-room use date mostly from after 1720 and, although originally made in sets, are more often found today in pairs, or even singles.
Many resemble contemporary dining-chairs in the design of legs and stretchers and the general shape of arms, but have fully upholstered seats [...]

18th Century English Hall and Porter`s Chairs

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

CHAIRS: HALL AND PORTER’S
18thC mahogany hall chair - Regency hall chair with sabre legs - oak and mahogany hall chairs
Distinctive 18thC mahogany hall chair with a carved shell back.
18th and 19th century antique hall chairs designed to stand in the hall (also corridors and landings) of large houses. Used by servants and visitors of low [...]

Antique English Sheraton Chairs

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

CHAIRS: SHERATON
About 1780-1810
Designs for chair backs from Thomas Sheraton’s Drawing Book (1792).
Although contemporary with Hepplewhite and sharing many features, antique chairs of Thomas Sheraton (published between 1791 and 1803), exerted a broader and longer-lasting influence. A designer, not a practising cabinet maker, Sheraton illustrated both English and French styles, many of them anticipating the Regency [...]

Upholstered Regency Chairs

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

CHAIRS — upholstered, Regency
The vast majority of the furniture produced in the eighteenth century was restrained in design. Even the rococo extravagances made for the very wealthy had a sense of order. In the nineteenth century the mass market demand for more decorative furniture became increasingly strong but the results were not always successful.
A well-executed [...]